To: sonofstrangelove
Bulova Missile Designer Blames Swiss Wristwatch Industry For Test Failures-
“Takes a Licking, Stops Ticking”
To: sonofstrangelove
"Sometimes [the problem] is poor-quality materials, sometimes it is the lack of necessary equipment to exclude the 'human' factor in production, sometimes it is inefficient quality control," he said. Sometimes the problem is vodka.
3 posted on
04/20/2010 10:37:16 PM PDT by
edpc
(Those Lefties just ain't right)
To: sonofstrangelove
The Bulava (SS-NX-30) is a three-stage liquid and solid propellant submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). Liquid propellant in a sub launched missile? <<Scratching my head>>
6 posted on
04/20/2010 11:02:12 PM PDT by
SeeSharp
To: sonofstrangelove
Rooskies had quality problems. Who knew.
8 posted on
04/20/2010 11:58:12 PM PDT by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: sonofstrangelove
Design for manufacturability.
Engineers these days can (and do) draw up anything. Those that fail have typically never set foot on a shop floor.
9 posted on
04/21/2010 2:32:24 AM PDT by
NY.SS-Bar9
(Tree of Librerty)
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